The Real End of the Great War (1957)
Overview
Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
Cast
Lucyna Winnicka
Róża Zborska
Roland Głowacki
Juliusz
Andrzej Szalawski
Professor Stęgień
Olga Bielska
Irena
Helena Dąbrowska
Flower Seller
Janina Jabłonowska
Psychiatrist's Wife
Edward Gliński
Szymek
Kazimierz Dębowski
Psychiatrist Ludwik
Zdzisław Leśniak
Man leading a Wedding Procession
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Henryk Thiel
Maciej Maciejewski
Foreman
Tadeusz Minc
Wacław
Mariusz Gorczyński
Party Guest (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Kamiński
SS Soldier (uncredited)
Andrzej Kopiczyński
(uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Leonard Pietraszak
Party Guest (uncredited)
Maria Wachowiak
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hanna Stankówna
Girl on the Street (uncredited)
